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DESCRIPTION:Friday December 6th 2019\n\nFor Immediate Release—\n\nViral feminist 
 flashmob from Chile coming to San Francisco this Saturday (12/7)\n\nThis 
 Saturday a group of women, mainly from Chile, will be performing a flash 
 mob dance called "A Rapist in your Way" in solidarity with all the women in 
 the world who have been sexually abused.  This flash mob has been spreading 
 virally from Chile around the world.\n\nYou are invited to join us at noon 
 in front of the Ferry Building in San Francisco. After presenting the 
 performance we will be walking in silence to Dolores Park and Clarion Alley 
 to place where we will stop and perform.\n\nThe performance “Un violador 
 en tu camino” (“A rapist in your way”) performance will be presented 
 in Spanish, English and sign language. All the women who are going to 
 participate will be wearing black and their eyes covered, with the aim to 
 bring awareness of the violence that all the women around the world live 
 since the day they were born.\n\nThis global feminist movement started last 
 month on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against 
 Women. On November 25th, Dozens of women gathered outside the Supreme Court 
 building in Santiago, Chile to present the performance “Un violador en tu 
 camino” (“A rapist in your way”). This hymn was created, organized 
 and led by Las Tesis a local feminist collective. The song and dance take 
 on the patriarchy, the cops, judges and the state for being responsible for 
 the violence against women and the victim shaming and blaming that often 
 comes after the victims report to the police or media. That's why it says:  
 “Y la culpa no era mía, ni dónde estaba, ni cómo vestía,”  (“And 
 it wasn’t my fault, where I was, or what I wore.)\n\nThese flash mob 
 words have been repeated across the world over thousands of women in Chile, 
 France, Spain, the UK, Colombia Mexico among other countries.  This 
 brilliant public feminist performance piece “A rapist in your way” 
 (“Un violador en tu camino”) has even been translated into French, 
 German, English and even sign language.\n\nProtecting women against 
 gender-based violence is a human rights issue often overlooked globally. In 
 Latin America, the laws exist to protect women, but those laws are often 
 not uniformly implemented, and there is often a lack of political will to 
 fully comply with the law and international obligations.\n\nAtrocities 
 against women have been happening in Chile (and everywhere) for a long 
 time, but since October 18th, when a civil protest erupted against the 
 oppressive regime in Chile, many women protestors have been found dead and 
 raped by military police.  Among the dead is La Mimo, a female clown, whose 
 name is Daniela Carrasco, who was taken from the protest by police and was 
 found raped and murdered. \n\nWe are not an official organization. We are 
 women and women's accomplices from all backgrounds who have been concerned 
 about the violence and brutality. We have been reunited around La Peña 
 Cultural Center for talking and supporting Chile.\n\nJoin the feminist 
 flash mob from Chile that's been spreading around the world in protest of 
 femicide and oppressive governmental regimes! \n\nWHEN: Sat. Dec 7th at 
 noon\nWHERE: The SF Ferry Building (near Embarcadero BART)\n\nLearn the 
 song and dance moves in English and Spanish below: 
 \n\nhttps://qz.com/1758765/chiles-viral-feminist-flash-mob-is-spreading-around-the-world/\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/06/18828687.php
SUMMARY:Flashmob against femicide: "Rapist in your way" from Chile
LOCATION:SF Ferry Building (near Embarcadero BART)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/06/18828687.php
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